Tamiya 1/12 Ferrari 641/2

[Pierre Rivard]

Superb work Rich. I like the way the suspension arms have accidently chipped off. In today's F! world a scratched part would be discarded but not 35 years ago. Perhaps with tires showing a bit of track use and modest mechanical components weathering (washes).

[Rich Chernosky]

15 hours ago, Nacho Z said:

Just fantastic, Rich!

Thank you for the encouragement John

[Rich Chernosky]

13 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Superb work Rich. I like the way the suspension arms have accidently chipped off. In today's F! world a scratched part would be discarded but not 35 years ago. Perhaps with tires showing a bit of track use and modest mechanical components weathering (washes).

Thank you Pierre. I think I like the used look too.  Most of the race cars I have been up close and personal to look this way.  We have a tendency to model what we see and are comfortable with. 

[Dave B]

You're going great Rich, it's a shame that a lot of your hard work and excellent detailing gets hidden.

You've just got to display it with all the panels and wheels off!!!

Dave B

[Rich Chernosky]

2 hours ago, Dave B said:

You're going great Rich, it's a shame that a lot of your hard work and excellent detailing gets hidden.

You've just got to display it with all the panels and wheels off!!!

Dave B

Thanks Dave.....I m going to great lengths to make sure all the panels are removable.  And when finished I will take a picture just like that. In the meantime I am also taking pictures of details that will be hard to see.  Glad you are following and get to see them. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Engine mostly complete.  Lots of detail work.  More info under the pictures.

 

Alll the suspension is now on. Fuel supply lines added. Carb linkage, fuel inlet manifold and those wonderful turned aluminium intake trumpets. 

Left side and more detail. Inside of the carb tray has been carbon  fibred. 

Photo etch lift system on the transmission.  Note the PE Ferrari  logo

Oil tank and overflow hose.  Its getting crowed back here. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Small update.  Started on the chassis today. Used the kit supplied foil for the engine attachment point and installed several of the front attachment points. Also installed the working rack and pinion.  It works smooth. Several bulkheads installed  including the brakes cylinders show below.  Not its onto the shock and push rod assembly. 

Brake,clutch and gas pedal assembly installed and lines added. The wire is from some resistors I have. It bends very easily. Too bad all this will be covered over and barely seen. Oh well...at least its there. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Major progress on this project.  Several days of fiddly assembly.  The most daunting part of this project , the front shocks and suspension is now behind me.  Most of the chassis and interior are now done.  Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Plenty more information under the pictures.

This was the better part of a couple days work.  Each one of the shock units is 25 seperate piece. Many of them had to be machined. For a 1/12 kit therse are sure some tiny parts. Only kit part was the spring. The hole in the black shock tuber is for the tiny nut assembly to hold the strut in place. 

Shocks completed and all the necessary parts ready for assembly. The tensor rod body will be painted black. Hoping this goes better than the rear.

Chassis ready with some of the components installed.  The shock mounts at the top had to be carefully assembled and machined. Everything has to be checked for fit. Foil work on the chassis back was done with kit supplied foil which was a dream to use.

Allthe kit suspension arms installed plus the previoulsy assembled braqke and front upright assembly. Seat slid in nicely and seat belts laid down.  Some of the front body work was glued on with craft glu in case it had to be removed. It didn't.  Suspension actually works. Radiators and side pods were also added. This was more of a pain than anticipated as the side pods can be glued on either side  (which I did) Didn't realize this until I tried to fit the radiators.  Side pods had to be removed and cleaned up  then installed correctly. This took some time that could have been avoided. 

Front brake assembly with  brake hose attached. Note the tiny brass fittings and crossover tube on the bottom. All this had to be hand made using a special jig.

Interior mostly complete. Waiting for wiring  and some detail decals to be added. After this the completed engine attaches to the rear of the chassis with four bolts. That's a major step and means this project is nearing completion.

[Pierre Rivard]

So much good detailing here. Would be great to display the car with body panels off, sort of like a build shop environment.

[Rich Chernosky]

37 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said:

So much good detailing here. Would be great to display the car with body panels off, sort of like a build shop environment.

Thank you Pierre.  The nose and upper bodywork will be removable and I will take a picture of the final details. If I ever take this to a show I can make a display like that. I am planning on being at NNL East this coming spring. 

[Turbo95187]

Beautiful as always Rich. I will need to plan carefully (no snow....) to come up and see this in person. I am always in awe of your amazing work.

[Rich Chernosky]

7 hours ago, Turbo95187 said:

Beautiful as always Rich. I will need to plan carefully (no snow....) to come up and see this in person. I am always in awe of your amazing work.

Thanks Brett.  You know you are always welcome.   Think you will enjoy the new house and workshop.  Just let  us know what your plans are. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Big step in this project. When the engine meets the chassis.  Soo far everything major is lining up well.  Got this and the electronics box done yesterday and today. Now its on to the water pipes.   Also finished the floor pan with carbon fibre and photo etch. A lot of the sub assemblies are done and ready to be installed. So this project should see completion soon. Now its on to the water pipes..the last of the serious fabrication. More info below. 

Here it is..chassis and engine together.  Engine is held to chassis at four points.  There are two long screws on the bottom that fasten into a subframe (kit part) that is behind the firewall. On top two more pins with nuts attached insert into the upper portion of this subframe. It a good solid assembly.

A closeup of the electronics boxes and upper engine mount. The rubber ends are shrink tubing over kit vinyl tube. The brass connecters were Perfect Parts items that replaced  the molded on connecters from the kit.  Note the large bolt through the metal engine mount. 

[Brudda]

Very very nice! 

[Dave B]

Rich, are you sure you're not pulling our legs and this is actually 1:2 scale!!

Dave B

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/18/2024 at 9:01 PM, Brudda said:

Very very nice! 

Thank you Bruce. Am enjoying your WIP too.

 

12 hours ago, Dave B said:

Rich, are you sure you're not pulling our legs and this is actually 1:2 scale!!

Dave B

Dave...You are a little too far away to be doing that.  Actually....1/12 scale is one of my favorite to work in.  I have about 30+ more to do.  Unfortunatley they take up a large block of time and I have so many other things to do that don't.

 

[1959scudetto]

Exceptional work here, Rich - it would be a shame to hide all those delicate sub - assemblies under the body panels:

[Rich Chernosky]

4 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Exceptional work here, Rich - it would be a shame to hide all those delicate sub - assemblies under the body panels:

Thankis Helmut.  When this kit goes in the case all the bodywork will be on.  But It can all be removed with screws and pins. Working on  that now.  If I ever take this to a show I will make a display with all the body work removed. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Good day on the bench. This model is nearing completion. Got more bodywork on, exhaust and water pipes. learned something with those hose clamps. Details below.

Left side body, hoses and exhaust.  Everything fit well with no fussing.  Water pipes were very well engineered and fit like a charm. Not so much for the connecters and clamps. More info in the close up.

 Right side had more water pipes and the bodywork on this side was a little bit troublesome.  Exhaust was done weeks ago and fit as advertised.

The hose connectors are shrink tubing that came with the Perfect Parts pack. In the front it had to be slit down the middle and glued ion place, then heat  (hair dryer) was applied to shrink it in place. The hose clamps were wrapped around a piece of rod to be formed. It bent easily but still sprung away a little. Just enough to be annoying. The trick here was to slip it over the connecter and glue half of it on. Then pull the rest of the clamp around and squeeze it in place with the two tabs. Took some time to figure this out but it finally worked. 

Left side detail.  There are three electronic boxes that have to be scratbuilt and added in front of the radiator. Then wires run to the cockpit and along the sides. Don't know why Tamiya left out this detail. They pretty much thought of everything else.

[Nacho Z]

Rich, I’m so impressed with not only the quality, but the speed at which you are building this kit!  I am loving all of these updates and the narratives with each photo.  Thank you for sharing your work with us!

[Rich Chernosky]

15 minutes ago, Nacho Z said:

Rich, I’m so impressed with not only the quality, but the speed at which you are building this kit!  I am loving all of these updates and the narratives with each photo.  Thank you for sharing your work with us!

Thank you  John  for the compliment and the encouragement.  I work about 6-7 hours a day on it. Some days it goes well (like today) and sometimes it is just tedious but I keep plugging away.  I am retired  and what else have I got to do.  Your Matra WIP was one of the inspirations for mine. I am impressed with that too. 

[Rich Chernosky]

Chassis and all the detail work (I'm gonna do) is done.  Lots and lots of tiny PE fasteners electrical connections and a few parts to be made.  Next step is fitting the upper bodywork and front wing.  Then decals ands it is all done. This will be my first 1/12 kit in quite awhile.  This has taken over a month of continous work so youi can see why I don't do too many.  And i still have some 30+ 1/12 kits in the stash. On to the details. Check below the pictures for more information. Comments welcome.

Here3 it is ready for the rest of the bodywork.  Note the tiny stay wires on the rear wing. These took all day to do. Wheels and tires are for the picture only and are not fastened on. I will have to handle the chassis quite a bit and I don't want the risk of damaging the suspension. Did that once already. 

Had to fabricate these 3 electrical boxes from styrene. Connecters and tube form the perfect parts kit. Decals from the stash. Colored wires are thread coated with craft glue.

Here are those three boxes installed. Hold down clamps are from the kit foil with very tiny PE screw heads.

Where all those wires wind up at the front of the engine.  Got a little crowded here.

Some extra detailing done here. Those tiny electrical connecter are scratch built.  Note the carb linkage. this was kit supplied. A nice touch you don't usually see in kits. 

[Nacho Z]

Fandamntastic!!!!!

[Rich Chernosky]

Bodywork is now complete. Didn't go exactly as planned but we all run into this from time to time.  All that's left is decals and the mirrors. About a half days work. This will be my last post in this section as the next time you see this it will be in Under Glass. See captions.

Upper  bodywork wound up a little too far forward on the chassis. There are two screw holes on either side of the scoop and this is for some small screws to secure the body from the top. They missed the holes. Instead the body is secured with ten machined pins where the Dzus buttons on the real car are. Note the slight gap in the front of the nose. This can be fixed but I am not sure I want too . We'll see...?

[Gramps46]

Amazing!